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| 1 | +title: Read the Docs Newsletter - March 2024 |
| 2 | +date: March 13, 2024 |
| 3 | +description: Company updates and new features from the last month, current focus, and upcoming features. |
| 4 | +category: Newsletter |
| 5 | +tags: newsletter, community |
| 6 | +authors: Eric Holscher |
| 7 | +status: published |
| 8 | +image: /images/mar-2024.jpg |
| 9 | +image_credit: Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@catrionaobrian?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Ekaterina Novitskaya</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-cherry-blossom-in-bloom-during-daytime-kcwb2wDxQFM?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a> |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +## News and updates |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +- We added [support for "latest"](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/02/introducing-latest-aliases/) in all of the build tools, allowing you to always be up to date. |
| 14 | +- We added [support for Ruby as a build tool](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/03/read-the-docs-loves-ruby/), based on feedback from our community. |
| 15 | +- We shipped our first official links to our new beta dashboards in our application, linking users to our [much improved build detail page](https://beta.readthedocs.org/projects/test-builds/builds/23655124/). This means both of our beta dashboards are officially in public beta! |
| 16 | +- We made [Sphinx builds share their environment between builds](https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/pull/11073), which should make builds of multiple formats faster. |
| 17 | +- We made some initial structure changes in [our user documentation](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/), to make it easier to navigate and find the information you need. More changes will be coming here as we onboard a contractor to help with this work. |
| 18 | +- Our new Addons flyout was updated to [keep the page when changing versions or languages](https://github.com/readthedocs/addons/pull/242). |
| 19 | +- We continue to simplify our settings pages. This month we [combined our Advanced Settings and Settings pages](https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/pull/11169). |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +You can always see the latest changes to our platforms in our [changelog 📃](https://docs.readthedocs.io/page/changelog.html). |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +## Upcoming changes |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +- We continue to work on improving Addons. The next step here is to [ship Addons on Mkdocs projects](https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/pull/11206) by default, removing our build process overrides. |
| 26 | +- Our marketing website continues to get some updates. We are working on improving the user experience and making it easier to find the information you need. |
| 27 | +- With the public beta of our new dashboard, we are working on the final touches and hope to have it available for all users soon. |
| 28 | +- We continue to investigate Okta SSO and improve our support for Google SSO. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Want to follow along with our development progress? View our [development roadmap 📍️](https://github.com/orgs/readthedocs/projects/156/views/1) |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +## Possible issues |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +- We have officially announced removal of support for VCS systems other than Git. [Read our blog post](https://about.readthedocs.com/blog/2024/02/drop-support-for-subversion-mercurial-bazaar/) for more information. |
| 35 | +- We have [defaulted traffic analytics off](https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/pull/11056) for users of our new Addons. This default is to save on resources for projects that aren't looking at our analytics data. |
| 36 | +- Our [beta dashboard](https://beta.readthedocs.org/) continues to be tested in public beta, and new functionality for Addons configuration is only be available in that new interface. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +----- |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Questions? Comments? Ideas for the next newsletter? [Contact us ](mailto:[email protected])! |
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